Each species of animal is farmed for different uses, but they all go through excruciating pain and suffering for human consumption. Among the most poorly treated animals are chickens and turkeys. In factory farms, these animals don't get to run free, they aren't even exposed to sunlight; they are crammed into tiny rooms by the millions and are forced to live in their own waste as well as the corpses of other birds. Many of these birds die from lack of nutrition because they grow so large from the antibiotics that are injected into them that their legs crumble under their weight, disabling them from walking to get food. Many workers in farms abuse chickens and turkeys that are sick. They beat the birds with metal poles and toss them aside while they are still conscious and suffering. When the birds are dangling helplessly on the chain system, many don't die and are burned alive in the feather removal buckets ([GoVeg] "[PeTA] Video").
Cattle are treated extremely poorly; probably equal to the horrific treatment of the chickens and turkeys. These docile animals are castrated, de-horned, and branded with a scalding, red-hot piece of metal, all without painkillers. The United States does not have laws requiring the treatment of infected and wounded animals; so many animals enter the slaughterhouses with infectious diseases and open wounds. These animals are considered healthy and safe to slaughter and send out to supermarkets. Once at the slaughterhouse, workers again torture these animals without the use of painkillers. Cattle have their throats slit open, and sometimes are "skinned and dismembered" alive ([GoVeg] "[PeTA] Video").
Dairy cows (females), have to withstand even more treacherous conditions than the regular slaughter cows (males). These innocent creatures are injected with hormones to increase their production of milk and then have milking machines hooked up to their udders. The machines can hurt and cause damage to the cow. When the female dairy cow is no longer able to produce milk, she is sold to slaughterhouses to be killed and made into lunch and dinner for the overconsumption in America.([GoVeg] "[PeTA] Video").
Pigs and piglets are raised from birth in a factory in a single stall in a factory farm where they live and grow up. From day one of their life in these farms, baby piglets have their ears and tails chopped up. They are castrated at birth without any painkillers. The screams that these animals produce is filled with such suffering and anguish. As soon as the piglets begin developing, they are monitored for proper growth; the pigs that don't grow fast enough have their heads slammed into the ground. Those pigs that will not survive to the slaughter process are shot in the head with a bolt gun so the companies that raise them don't have to waste their money keeping them alive. At least the ones that are killed by the gun are put out of their misery quickly and in a less painful way. Like cows, chickens, and turkeys, pigs also go through the throat slitting process on the chain system. Those that do not get their throats slit are burned alive in hair removal tanks ([GoVeg] "[PeTA] Video").
GoVeg "Peta Video." PeTA. 21 Apr. 2008. PeTA. 4 May 2008
10 comments:
This is gross, and I have been trying to stop any kind of animal abuse for SO long, now a days people seem to be getting more and more involved, and it is a good thing. I will email this site to all the people on my contact list, in hopes they will change their thoughts on meat, and maybe even become a vegaterian like I have :] Well written
hey this is awesome and i want you to know that i am an active voice against factory farming, but not for animal rights reasons, because of the effect that it has on the environment.
This inspired me to become a Vegetarian.
Thank you
Humans are entitled to devour any creature on earth because of our place on the food chain....such is the way of the natural world.However, the way in which we abuse the animals and utilize artifical, unsustainable agricultural practices is unexcusable and should be halted immediately.
-zach
To be socially conscious is to be on the path of creating a better world! This certainly brings light to many horrors and I hope will inspire those who read this to consider their own beliefs and take a stand against these atrocities. Thank you.
While the conditions and treatment these animals are forced to endure are indeed deplorable and nauseating, I wonder what the alternative would be. This is all so disturbing, however, I question any of PETA's facts.
Also, what impact would regulation of agra-businesses have on the world food situation? It would be great if less grain were used to raise livestock, more would be made available to feed a starving world.
Wow. I am sick to my stomach! This makes me never want to eat flesh again!
How can we in this day do this to harmless animals.
Is there a better way? Jellybean that wrote this, what is the answer to this pain?
This was very informative and interesting. It is obvious that you put a lot of hard work into this project. Job well done!
What are the avenues of resolution to alleviate this ongoing debacle?
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